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Title: The Mechanical Properties of Wood
Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical
Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing

Author: Samuel J. Record

Release Date: May 8, 2004 [EBook #12299]

Language: English

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THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD

[Illustration: Frontispiece. _Photo by the author_.

Photomicrograph of a small block of western hemlock. At the top
is the cross section showing to the right the late wood of one
season's growth, to the left the early wood of the next season.
The other two sections are longitudinal and show the fibrous
character of the wood. To the left is the radial section with
three rays crossing it. To the right is the tangential section
upon which the rays appear as vertical rows of beads. X 35.]

THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD

_Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical
Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing_

BY SAMUEL J. RECORD, M.A., M.F. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FOREST
PRODUCTS, YALE UNIVERSITY

FIRST EDITION FIRST THOUSAND

1914

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States.
8vo, vi + 117 pages, 15 figures. Cloth, $1.25 net.

TO THE STAFF OF THE FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY, AT MADISON,
WISCONSIN IN APPRECIATION OF THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED AND
COURTESIES EXTENDED THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

This book was written primarily for students of forestry to whom
a knowledge of the technical properties of wood is essential.
The mechanics involved is reduced to the simplest terms and
without reference to higher mathematics, with which the students
rarely are familiar. The intention throughout has been to avoid
all unnecessarily technical language and descriptions, thereby
making the subject-matter